Justice S.M Shuaibu of the Federal High Court,
Kano has convicted and sentenced a Make-up Artist, Abdullahi Musa
Huseini (a.k.a Amuscap) to six months imprisonment for Naira abuse.
He was jailed after pleading guilty to one-count
charge bordering on abuse and mutilation of the Naira.
The charge reads: “That you, Abdullahi Musa Huseini,
on the 6th day of December, 2024, at Ali Jita Event Centre, Kano, within the
jurisdiction of this Honourable Court whilst dancing during a social event
tampered with the sum N100,000.00 (One Hundred Thousand Naira) in 1000 notes
denomination issued by the Central Bank of Nigeria by spraying in the
said occasion and you thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable
under Section 21(1) of the Central Bank Act, 2007".
Upon arraignment, Huseini pleaded guilty to the
charge, prompting the prosecution counsel, Zarami Mohammed, to present
the facts of the case and tender evidence before the court.
Delivering judgment, Justice Shuaibu found him guilty
as charged and sentenced him to six months imprisonment without an option
of fine.
The convict was arrested following credible
intelligence on his involvement in the deliberate mutilation of the Nigerian
currency by spraying it at his own wedding celebration. Investigations
revealed that Huseini willfully defaced and abused the Naira notes in defiance
of warning and campaigns against the practice by the EFCC.
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